Mark 5:1 This story may be viewed in four aspects. I. The human. (_a_) The human aspect as seen in shadow: (1) Man impure unclean spirit; (2) Man dis-socialised his dwelling was among the tombs; (3) Man unrestrained no man could tame him; (4) Man self-tormented. (_b_) As seen in light: (1) Man tra... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:15 , MARK 5:17 I. We learn that in our Saviour's day there was devil power at work in the world, and that it assumed various manifestations and forms more or less repulsive, agonising and destructive. This was Satan's day, his hour, and the power of darkness. And has this devil power ceased... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:15 , MARK 5:17 I. We learn that in our Saviour's day there was devil power at work in the world, and that it assumed various manifestations and forms more or less repulsive, agonising and destructive. This was Satan's day, his hour, and the power of darkness. And has this devil power ceased... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:18 I. The recollection of our Christless state should beget a spirit of distrust in ourselves. The healed man was naturally anxious to remain at the side of his healer. II. We see here the possibility of being under the protection of Christ even though far from His physical presence. The he... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:20 Thronging Christ and touching Christ. Note: I. The mighty difference, it may be a difference for us as of life and death, between thronging Jesus and touching Him. The multitude thronged Him; only this faithful woman touched Him. There was nothing to the outward eye which should distingu... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:21 The Daughter of Jairus. This story shows us: I. The Heart of Jesus. Many are anxious to find out what the face of Jesus was like, but our concern should be to know how His heart feels towards us. If you lay your hand upon any page in the gospels, you will feel the throbbings of a heart... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:22 The case of the ruler may be treated as showing the instructive-ness of domestic affliction. I. It shows the helplessness even of the _greatest_men the applicant was a ruler, yet his rulership was of no avail in this case. II. It shows the helplessness even of the _kindest_men the appli... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:25 _(with Isaiah 42:3)_ The Survival of the Fittest and a Higher Law. I. We see in this text, from Mark, the compassion of Christ for those who are, humanly speaking, incurable, as this woman was according to the medical knowledge of her age. Jesus did not say to her, "Go away; you are too... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:25 The Power of Feeble Faith. I. We have here, first, the great lesson that very imperfect faith may be genuine faith. II. Christ answers the imperfect faith. III. Christ corrects and confirms an imperfect faith by the very act of answering it. A. Maclaren, _Sermons Preached in Mancheste... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:25 I. Human extremity the woman had suffered many years, and had spent all. II. Human earnestness though much people thronged the Saviour, and she was weak, yet she found her way to the Healer. III. Divine sensitiveness. Jesus Christ knew the difference between mere pressure and the touch... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:28 The spiritual value of the near and visible. The afflicted woman did not invoke the whole power of the Godhead; she said that a mere touch was enough. She believed that the Divine element penetrated and vitalised the outward and visible covering, so much so that to touch the clothes was... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 5:35 This part of the incident shows how two views may be taken of the same case. I. There is the human view the child is dead, trouble not the Master. Men see the outside; they deal with facts rather than with principles; they see the circumference, not the centre. II. There is Christ's vie... [ Continue Reading ]